Are You Into Bus Stuff?

It's our 50th Episode. Brand alignment remains a core challenge. New Jersey (Putrid Shithole) death + injury map: https://roadway.report/new-jersey --- Virginia death + injury map: https://roadway.report/virginia --- Washington death + injury map: https://roadway.report/washington Expect another episode in about ~3 weeks. We are both traveling soon.

Why did they take him from me?

Missed Connections: SOYBOY seeking EGIRL with SMELLABLE FEET --- THIS JUST IN: THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IS FEMINIZING AMERICA

This week, we interview Madeline Acri of the Austin Ghost Bike Project (https://austinghostbikeproject.org/). We get canceled by Strong Towns.

The Business Boys have an administrative goon sesh. We submit some paperwork to the IRS.

We discuss how "Bike to Work Day" is a slap in the face in the absence of meaningful infrastructure investments, and we chat about a new map, roadway.report/bikelanes. Ben gets fired on his first day of consulting. Lots of songs about gooning this week. Shoutout the "Bottom Up Revolution" podcast from Strong Towns for having Ben on as a guest.

We add another 40,000 deaths to the roadway.report. That's over eight columbines per day in 2024.

Pour one out for local fourth grader, Patrick Case. --- We goon it up with a special guest: Pondless! --- He is Playing Wonderville in Brooklyn on May 2nd. --- Opening Song: "Thank You Robert Moses" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHcGAwEY8tI --- Closing Song: "lacmta" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOi9RwhDFmI--- Homey's website: https://www.itspondless.com/ --- Lucas wanted me to link this Alva...

New Crash Map: https://roadway.report/north-carolina --- We are not a think-tank. We are just two cool guys, severely addicted to gooning.

We discuss the state of the podcast and potential issues with our brand alignment.

Georgia and Ohio deny our public information requests. We cancel Cesar Chavez. We take back the streets in the dead of night.

DON'T LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST !!! THEY ARE TRUTH-BOMBING OUR GOON-CAVE !!!

Lucas leads a vocal warmup. We talk about kinetic energy, plus some recent high profile traffic deaths. KE Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xasDujRNQz7i9SPggqpBzWxI-_fshKqVO8SxeAlWlNk/edit?usp=sharing

We talk language in media when someone crushes a child with their car.

Just a morally reprehensible episode all around

We touch on site updates to https://transit.observer and the FTA deleting 25 years of transit data from the National Transit Database --- We have our first guest: John Perry of Transiting Los Angeles (insta, YT @transitingLA) --- We talk to John about Los Angeles and its BONES, its former streetcar networks, histories of urban development, as well of the social and institutional forces which led t...

We talk about structural racism for 75 minutes. --- Traffic deaths on streets named MLK: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i1NLhxySSQ22bd-GBJOquQ95WvliPUAJEorE87I-Jto/edit?usp=sharing --- Mapping Inequality redlining: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining --- Driving Jim Crow: https://www.technologystories.org/driving-jim-crow/ --- https://www.ce.washington.edu/files/pdfs/about/Highway...

New Illinois crash map! https://roadway.report/illinois --- Two, count'em TWO bus crashes!!! --- Ben gets us banned from denver --- Data on SCOOTER PERSECUTION by THE FACISTS here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CAdDWpUpRAVfZE-03rph4kGMgdKTx3FwznrmKgY1Gxw/edit?usp=sharing --- This is our first partially MUSICAL episode - and I suspect it won't be our last

OH YEAH!

LET MY PEOPLE GO THE GLOBALISTS WILL FALL THE FASCISTS WILL FALL THE GOONERS WILL BE FREE AND WE WILL SCOOT ON THEIR GRAVES

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TAKE BACK THE STREETS BE FREE Happy first birthday to the podcast https://roadway.report/new-york - NY State Fatal (2001-2023) & Serious Injury (2010-2024) Crash Map https://roadway.report/pennsylvania - Pennsylvania (2001-2023) Fatal & Serious Injury (2005-2024) Crash Map

WARNING: This podcast is JAM-PACKED full of riffs. Not suitable for losers New Car Crash Maps roadway.report/texas roadway.report/california

#goonerarmystrong New and improved roadway safety map for colorado: roadway.report/colorado

And that's why it's OK to hit them with your car --- Travis County traffic deaths during "Vision Zero": https://roadway.report/county_dashboard/48453